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quintallus

quintallus, ~a, ~um, ~e [OF quintal < Ar. qinṭār < CL centenarium] , (as measure of weight) quintal, a hundred-weight: a  (of metal); b (of other substance); c (spec. as 112 lbs.). a insula ‥ de Cuverfu reddit ‥ imperatori Constantinopolis singulis annis quindecim ~os auri purissimi ‥ et pondus quintali est pondus centum librarum auri G. Ric. I 204; 1253 quod mittat regi ‥ tres quindallas [RGasc I 358a: ~as] ferri et duas aceri Cl 174; 1253 mittat duo ~a ferri et unum de acero Ib. 359b; 1303 ~us vivi argenti EEC 161; 1303 in iiij quintenis [? l. quintellis] ferri ad barras fenestrarum faciendis [sic] Fabr. Exon. 26; 1328 unacum ‥ ij quintalibus ferri Reg. Exon. app. p. 571; 1523 pro CCC kyntallis ferri (PlRExch 201 m. 10d.) Law Merch. II 130.  b c1100 ~us cere ‥ ~us vermicelli (Cust.) MonA I 142b; c1250 ~us cere iiij d., ~us grane iiij d. ‥ ~us vermiculi ij d. DCCant. Register/H f. 162; 1275 de quolibet ~o cujuslibet mercandise excepto quintallo ferri Pat 94 m. 17; 1303 xij denarios de quolibet cere ~o MGL II 209.  c 1313 trescenta ~a cere, quolibet ~o ponderante cxij libras cere RGasc IV 916 p. 249a; 1355 idem computat in iiij xx x ~is fili canabi quolibet ~o continente v petras xij libras et qualibet petra continente xx libras KR Ac 385/48.

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